Projection is the process of displacing one’s feelings onto a different person, animal, or object. The term is most commonly used to describe defensive projection—attributing one’s own unacceptable urges to another. For example, if someone continuously bullies and ridicules a peer about his...
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"Projection is the process of displacing one’s feelings onto a different person, animal, or object. The term is most commonly used to describe defensive projection—attributing one’s own unacceptable urges to another. For example, if someone continuously bullies and ridicules a peer about his insecurities, the
bully might be projecting his own struggle with
self-esteem onto the other person.
The concept emerged from Sigmund
Freud’s work on
defense mechanisms and was further refined by his daughter, Anna Freud, and other prominent figures in psychology."
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